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U. S. S. PRAIRIE (nu-ts) 23 SEPTEMBER !945

DEAREST FAMtLY,

NOT MUUH

IO

WRITE ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT

HERE GOES.

IN ORHR

TO

KT,EP

PEACE

IN THE FAMILY

RECEIVED MARYS LITTER

CL l-P'' I NG FR0ltJl T

(TT

SEPTEMBTR) \ISTh.RDAY AND THE

lll

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tF I

l1AS GETT|NG OUT

S{J0N. tlELL, trvE MENTI0NED tN

I

Uy

OTHER LETTERS THAT

I F IGURED ON ANOIHEH YEAR AT LEAST.

DONT HAVt THE POINTS AND MY ONLY HUPE

IS THAT THb BIG BOYS

WITH StA UUTY. EVEN AT THAT I'M '.{t,[I STILL JUNl0R, BUT NEXT M0f{TH ROUND OUT i,ry h tGHTEENTtl MUNTH DECIDE TO BRING BACK

0F

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r0 Mf rHnr L tlTlr
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LOT.

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BtlT ItM 'r0T cuuNtilrtG 0N THAT
l,lucH

ITS cHANchS 0F G0ING

FOR THE UOPL,
HAVL. QUITE

PIUK IIP AROUI{]J IHH UHACK SEEMS TO SUGGEIIT flc

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IS A JINX

TO ANY

SHIP.

BUT I1ITH

THI PRAIHII$

RICUITrJ U.

i'tKV ICE IlE SHOULD BE

AMONG THE F

IRST TO GO HOME UNLESS THEY

OTHER

THINB US TOO VALUABLE AND SEND US ON TO CHINA OR SOME

GOD-FORBIDDEN PLACE.

DID

TELL YOU THAT ILOCATED A KISKI GRADUATE ON BOARD?

HEIS STIIPS NAVIOATOR (T ITUTETAIII) AND OF THE CLASS OF

I ',l|ROTE MR. HI]ND AT KISKI GIVING HIII A LITTLE DOPE ABOUT MYSELF AND INFORi'4I[!G

'37.

I]IV UF i,|lY DISOOVERY.

NOli,

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CAN

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RPF'ER TO:

PACE TylO

U. S.
GET HIS

S. PRAIRIE

FlvE

EXTRA D0LLARS ALUMNI

IIJES. I GAVE irY LTEUT-

ENANT ALL MY ALUMNI MAGAZINES

HAD SAVED AND AM PRETTY

CERTAIN TFAT

IF

HE READ THEM, HE COULDNIT HAVE HELPED BUT

HAD SOME PRETry WONI]ERFUL MEMORIES BROUGHT

BACK.

EVEN AS

$lE TALKm

F KtSKt, I C0rJLu SEE HtM LtcHT Up AT THE MENTI{AS

I ON OF D IFFLRENT TH I I{GS.

LAST lllIEK lTE UEARNED OVER THE PRESS THAT THE WORLD
SUP"OSED TO EiID -LAST

FRIDAY.
TI''IE

GAbD

IT |I{AS A MISTAKE ICAUSE

AFTER SPENDING ALL TI.IIS

OUT HEAE,

I'D

RATHER

ITID BE

PUT OFF FOR A COUPLE

\EARS.

I I'I[)NI]ER WUENE THESE GIJYS DIG

INFORMATION
OF

UP SUEH NOPE.
YESTERDAY TFIE PRESS

SAID THAT DEI1EY HAD

SAYING THAT ROOSEVELT lflAS IN THE KNOI{ FIFTEEN DA\6 AHEAD PEARL HARBOR THAT $OIIE

U. S.

POSSESION WAS

IN FOR AN

ATTACK.

I FEEL HONORED t'{ITH DEWEY THAT HE SHOULD GIVE UP THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND THROUGH HIS DESIRE TO SAVE AMERICAN

LIVES AND END THE

ITERE ANX|OUS

|JIAR

QU|CKER. A LoT 0F rnrFRtritD$,

lrHo
THE

T0 SEE ADMTRAL SHoRT, K|MMEL, AND A FEtl 0F

OTHERS REALLY BLAMED ARE NO'l, SEEKING EXCTJSE FOR THE ONE MAN tltlH(] MIGHT HAVE AVOIDED NOT THE I{AR MAYBE, BUT

f, TRAGED/ THE
A
COMPb
OF

SIZE OF PEARL HTRBOR.

SOME OF THE UTFERS HAVE HAD

LETE CI-IANG OF Hf,ART AND

SAY

FIJR SHOULD TAKE HIS SHARE

THE BLAME- TEX- MY CHECKER FRIEND, vtlHo GAVE ME MY BEST ARGUMbNTS DURtNc THE CAMPA|SN,

tS

NolT ONE

0F THE

EXUBERANT

LATTER.

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S. PRAIRIE
ilELL, M|SS DISNEY
AT

HORACE MANN I1ONT HAVE MAI,IY MORE

\EARS TO l1AIT UNTIL SHEIS

SEEN EVERY YENNE CHILD THROUGH JUI{IOR HIGH SCHOOL. SHE

HADE THAT PROM|SE
HOW

T0

ME WHEN

I GRADUATED tN 1.939- I WONDER

LNTE$DS TO DLAY

SF{E

IS

HOLDING

OUT.

MIGHT SAY THAT DORA SETTER GET

SOUE DECENT I+ISTRI'TIENT

IF SHE

IN

THE HORAG

MANN BAND OR ORCHESTRA.

IJffiA IS

PROGRESSING TOO SLOII IN

HER

trltj8l0.

lilHY l.!0T GIVE HER SOMETHING SHE CAN KICX AR0UttD

NOT

ON THE

SIDE-

FOOTBALL.
P

SEE BOB FELLER

ITCHED

ONE

ITTER THE OTHL,R UAY.

GAME

HE'S MY BOY. TOI}AY

THIRD INNING.

LISTENED TO THE'TIGER-BROWNS

BY SHORT WAVE. THE TIGERS HAD A SEVEN RUN RALLY IN

THE

I MISSED JACK GRANEY- AND PINKY HUNTER. NO

NOBODY CAN PRETEI{D

LIFE TO THIS GAME TODAY.

CAN- AND MAKE ONE FEEL AS

LIKE

OLD GRANEY

IF IN THE PRESS BOX.

lrLL
llRTTE AGIN S00N

[rLL,
NHEU_

ME HEnnrVS- Tt:',ES AWASTINt

IHEfrEr_S_ir0RE_lQ _QAY- JHAN {U_ST tlASTE THREE pAcES.

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